"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

04 July 2012

"We hold these truths. . ." (Updated)

What are “unalienable,” or more commonly, “inalienable rights”?
Inalienable rights are those you cannot give up even if you want to and
consent. Unlike other alienable rights that you can consent to transfer
or waive. Why inalienable rights? The Founders want to counter
England’s claim that by accepting the colonial governance, the colonists
had alienated their rights. The Framers claimed that with inalienable
rights, you always retain the ability to take back any right that has
been given up.